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January 17, 1854 The Great Western of Canada is completed to Windsor ON. January 17, 1870 Regular service begins between Grand Rapids and Jackson MI on the Grand Valley Railroad [later MC, NYC, PC,

January 16, 1830 The Tuscumbia Railroad, the first in Alabama, is chartered. January 16, 1836 The first railroad out of Chicago, the Galena & Chicago Union, receives its charter. The railroad, later

January 15, 1953 The PRR GG-1 locomotive involved in the Union Station crash in Washington was 4876, which later sent to Altoona, Pennsylvania, for heavy repairs and returned to service in May,

January 15, 1829 The "America", the first steam locomotive in the United States, arrives at New York. January 15, 1831 The first American-built locomotive to pull a passenger train, "Best Friend",

January 14, 1953 A 4-day TWU strike against the Philadelphia Transportation Company was settled but the TWU strike against 5th Avenue Coach Lines continued until January 30.

January 14, 1851 First train into Salem IN on the New Albany & Salem Rail Road (later CIL, L&N). January 14, 1878 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the federal government has no power to overturn

January 13, 1842 The Philadelphia & Reading (later Reading) opens for revenue freight and passenger service from Mount Carmel to Philadelphia. Its coal-hauling operations will prove that a rail road

January 10, 1954 Baltimore PCC route 13 (North Avenue) was converted to bus operation to save $250,000 in track repair costs. January 12, 1966 The 12-day strike against the NYCTA ended when the

January 10, 1863 London's first subway begins operation, powered by steam. Parts of the line have been built in cuts and many ventilators are installed in the covered portions, yet it will remain very

January 9, 1830 Ground is broken in Charleston, South Carolina for the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road (later SRR, NS). It will be the first railroad in South Carolina to use steam locomotives. In

January 8, 1855 The first through train runs from Chicago to Cairo, IL. January 8, 1855 A mob in Erie, PA tears up the tracks of the Erie & North Eastern, the last battle in the "Gauge War". January

January 7, 1952 The closure of Reading's trolley system kept Pennsylvania as the top trolley state because of its remaining trolley systems: Altoona, Johnstown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton, and

January 7, 1830 The first railroad station in the U.S. opens in Baltimore for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which today is opening its first segment of track. The first revenue rail passengers in the

January 6, 1853 The New Jersey Railroad, Camden & Amboy, Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore and the Baltimore & Ohio begin advertising that they will operate a continuous connecting railroad for

January 3, 1960 St. Louis PCC route 70 (Grand Avenue), which served that city's theatre district, was converted to bus operation to permit rebuilding of a viaduct. This conversion isolated the

January 3, 1868 The Kalamazoo & Grand Rapids Railroad (later KA&GR, LS&MS, NYC, PC) is incorporated. January 3, 1870 The Kalamazoo & South Haven (later MC, NYC, PC, CR) is completed from Kalamazoo to

1. It was the 70's 2. It was actually a rear-end crash caused by the trailing engineer running a red signal. Mark Tomlonson Life isn’t just about surviving the storm; it’s about learning to

How is it possible for two trains running in the same direction to meet head-on? The mind boggles. Milantram

January 2, 1975 Two Manhattan-bound Penn Central commuter trains were involved in a head-on collision at the Botanical Garden station in the Bronx, injuring 231 persons. Service on the Harlem and New

January 2, 1832 Daniel K. Minor, publisher of the "New York American", publishes the first issue of the "American Railroad Journal". It is the first U.S. periodical devoted entirely to the railroad